Razzaq gets lifetime achievement award

For his enormous contribution to the film industry, Abdur Razzaq widely known as Nayak Raj Razzaq (king of heroes) has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award. His name was announced along with the winners of other categories of the National Film Award 2011 through a gazette notification by the government recently. Full story

Children film festival begins across the country

A colourful procession was brought out in the opening ceremony of Children Film Festival on Saturday in Dhaka.— Snigdha Zaman

The sixth edition of the International Children Film Festival organised by Bangladesh Children Film Society in association with UNICEF was inaugurated on Saturday simultaneously at 22 venues in six divisional towns in the country. Full story

Tagore’s Nobel winning centennial celebrations ends

The two-day programme organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s winning the Nobel Prize as the first non European for his work Geetanjali ended on Saturday at the Bangla Academy. Full story

Funny puppets teach morals

It was a rare opportunity for the children on Saturday in the city as hardly any entertainment is organised for them. Beside inauguration of a children film festival, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy organised... Full story